DOL Newswire News
@EdworkforceCmte to Hold Full Committee Hearing: “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment”
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: Tomorrow, March 28, at 10:15 a.m., the Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing titled “Unleashing America’s Opportunities for Hiring and Employment" which will examine how current economic conditions created by Biden administration policies are negatively impacting employment for workers and job creators.
US Department of Labor, Grain and Feed Association of Illinois renew alliance to address common hazards in the grain-handling industry
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2023
News Release: Quote: "Alliances like those between OSHA and the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois address hazards, reduce risks and improve safety and health management systems to help prevent life-altering injuries and fatalities in the highly hazardous grain handling industry," said OSHA's Regional Administrator Bill Donovan in Chicago. "We look forward to our continued partnership and dialog with the Illinois farming community on the unique hazards faced by their workers."
NEWS: HELP MAJORITY STAFF REPORT ON STARBUCKS
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2023
News Release: No Company is Above the Law: Myth-Busting Starbucks’ Claims That it Has Not Violated Federal Labor Law with Impunity
Labor Department discusses Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards on March 24
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2023
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Labor Department discusses Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards on March 24
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2023
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Labor Department discusses 215th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting on March 24
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2023
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages discussed on March 24 by Labor Department
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Occupational Requirements Survey discussed on March 24 by Labor Department
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards discussed on March 24 by Labor Department
By DOL Newswire | Mar 26, 2023
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partners to protect workers on Berkeley County, West Virginia, highway construction project
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partners to protect workers
Chairwoman Foxx Celebrates House Passage of the Parents Bill of Rights
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act, which delivers on a key promise of the Commitment to America and puts in place concrete legal protections that will ensure parents always have a seat at the table when it comes to their child’s education.
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services announce additional steps to tackle child labor violations, strengthen coordination
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services today announced a Memorandum of Agreement to advance ongoing efforts to address child labor exploitation.
US Department of Labor finds lawn service contractor ignored safety standards, allowed workers to operate riding mowers dangerously at Fort Campbell
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: FORT CAMPBELL, KY - A federal workplace safety inspection of a lawn service contractors’ operations at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has found the company ignored safety requirements to save time, including removing safety guards on industrial lawnmowers.
US Department of Labor finds lawn service contractor ignored safety standards, allowed workers to operate riding mowers dangerously at Fort Campbell
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: FORT CAMPBELL, KY - A federal workplace safety inspection of a lawn service contractors' operations at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has found the company ignored safety requirements to save time, including removing safety guards on industrial lawnmowers.
Foxx to Cardona: Don’t Trample on Religious Student Organizations’ Rights
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
News Release: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, joined by Reps. Tim Walberg, Glenn Grothman, Elise Stefanik, Rick Allen, Jim Banks, Burgess Owens, Lisa McClain, Mary Miller, Aaron Bean, Nathaniel Moran, and Erin Houchin, sent a comment letter to the Department of Education urging the Department to withdraw a proposed rule that removes protections provided to religious student organizations at public institutions of higher education...
US Department of Labor, Trumbull Corp. partner to protect workers on Berkeley County, West Virginia, highway construction project
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2023
Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Trumbull Corp. Partnership description: The partnership seeks to prevent worker injuries and exposure to hazards by developing a public-private approach to safety and health during construction of a three-mile, ...
Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates on March 23
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Owens: Saddling Future Generations with Others’ Debt is Not the American Way
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on the Biden administration’s student loan bailout and the devastating consequences to taxpayers...
Federal court order aids Department of Labor recovery of $265K in back wages for 182 employees of Milford drywall contractor
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
Release: Date of Action: March 13, 2023
US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association collaborate to help keep long-term care workers safe, healthy
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2023
News Release: US Department of Labor, Colorado Health Care Association